Dr. Allen has designed and developed numerous real-world decision support tools and strategic technology plans for the Military Services, U.S. Pacific Command, U.S. Joint Forces Command, the Joint Special Operations Forces Institute, the Department of Defense, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, and the Intelligence Community. He is the award-winning designer and developer of major components of the Information Warfare Planning Capability, a fielded system that has been selected as the basis for the Department of Defense's next IO planning tool and the Air Force's Air Operation Center Strategy Development tool. His work also includes the Integrated Battle Command project and the Defense Against Cyber Attacks in Mobile Ad Hoc networks (DCA MANET), the Course of Action Process for computer network defense, IO test and evaluation support tools, Interactive Intelligence planning and analysis tool, and many military models and simulations.

Allen has Bachelor's degree in Physics, Masters and Doctorate in Operations Research, and a Masters in Strategic Studies. He is a retired Colonel in the US Army Reserves, and is a graduate of both Army War College and Air War College. He is a Visiting Fellow, Cranfield University, Defence Academy of the UK, and is an international consultant for the UK, Sweden, and Canada. Dr. Allen is a former Adjunct Professor at Old Dominion University teaching systems analysis, system of system engineering, and project management. Allen is also a Certified Project Management Professional by the Project Management Institute.

Dr. Allen is the author of numerous articles (some of which can be accessed through the Publications section of this site) and two books:

Cloud Computing 101: A Primer for Project Managers (CreateSpace, 2015)

Information Operations Planning (Artech House, 2007)